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PART THREE A survey from Rutgers University found two-thirds of graduates who finished college between 2006 and 2011 would have made different choices, such as majoring in another field, taking on more internships or part-time jobs, started looking for work sooner, choosing a different institution or even skipped higher education altogether. “There’s a lot of ‘I wish I had known’ thinking we see from the students encountering the harsh realities of the labor market,” 9said Carl Van Horn, director of Rutgers’ Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, which conducted the study. Half of the students 10surveyed were working full-time, with another 12 per cent working part-time and 20 per cent pursuing graduate or professional degrees11. taking on undertaking, handling PART THREE About a quarter of the employed graduates said their position was below their level of education, a quarter said they were earning less than they expected, and a quarter said they had to accept a job outside their field in order to find work. The median starting salary for those who finished school between 2009 and 2011 fell to $27,000 from $30,000 in 2006 and 2007. These conditions are squeezing young people’s ability to repay the student loans that have become a standard part of higher education as soaring tuition fees outpace income growth. PART THREE In the past decade, published prices for tuition fees have risen 29 per cent at private schools and 72 per cent at public institutions, according to the College Board. The public universities, once seen as a ticket to higher earnings for middle and low-income students, have been hard hit by deep cuts to state budgets that have transferred more of the cost burden on to students and their families. “We as a nation have been disinvesting in postsecondary education,” said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinA, a website on financial aid. “When grants don’t keep pace with college costs, you have three